Hi Lyno, The "The How-to-get-started Manual" is about to be integrated into the DebianDoc-SGML Manual for which I'm responsible, so I'll try to answer some of your questions. If you have more, just ask on the debian-doc mailing list, since I don't have all the answers.
"Oliver Elphick" <[email protected]> writes: > Would anyone care to take on this project? Well, partly that would be me, but see below. > ------- Forwarded Message > > Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 21:54:53 -0600 > From: Lyno Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: The How-to-get-started Manual > > RE: "The How-to-get-started Manual" > <http://www.debian.org/~elphick/ddp/example.html> > > My understanding is poor but, as a new author, I would find the following > topics or URL pointers useful: > > . Debian Documentation style guide We don't have one (yet), but this probably is something for the to be written Debian Documentation Project Policy (any volunteers yet?). > . Issues of the copyright notice block, licensing (GPL, LGPL, etc.) The same as above, but if it's DFSG compliant, it should be ok. > . Designating authors and maintainers I'm not sure what you mean by this. > . Registering a new documentation product with Debian I would say, just announce it on the debian-doc mailing list. Oliver can help you with the technical stuff (CVS access, etc.). > . Issues of citing sources, fair use, bibliographies This should also be taken care of in the to be written policy, I guess. > . How to make URL's pointing to other documentats that will persist when > the document is distributed (relative vs. absolute links) > . Placing local address tags inside a document, so other documents can > point inside the document There're no mechanism for these in place yet. There's already a wish list report to extend the DebianDoc-SGML DTD with such a mechanism. Implementing this now could be done, but when the Debian MetaData is ready it probably would have to be redone (at least partly). Adam: Maybe we should look into all this. I can see a growing need for this mechanism. If the probably needed reimplementation isn't that bad, I would suggest we implement the wishlist as it is right now. > . Relationship to LDP and related projects IIRC, there have been some discussions on this, but nothing final so far. The Debian Tutorial is partly based on the Linux User's Guide. > . Netiquette for the debian-doc listserv, etc. I would say the same as for the other debian mailing lists, if any. > > - -- > Copyright(c) 1998 Lyno Sullivan; this work is free and may be > copied, modified and distributed under the GNU Library General > Public License (LGPL) <http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lgpl.html> and > it comes with absolutely NO WARRANTY; mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message I hope this helps to clarify some things. Thanks, Ardo -- Ardo van Rangelrooij home email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: http://www.tip.nl/users/ardo.van.rangelrooij PGP fp: 3B 1F 21 72 00 5C 3A 73 7F 72 DF D9 90 78 47 F9
